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Poltergeist - The first movie, Quiz #2

How well do you remember the first movie? At one point I was going to write a trivia book about the 80s and started writing questions for this movie. Never got past this movie, but I have a ton of great questions, this is the second and final quiz.

Quiz created by: ChuckyG

1. What does Carol Ann keep saying through the TV?

I want to come out, why can't I leave?
I feel the static, it tickles.
I can't find my doll, where is my doll?
I can't see you mommy, where are you?

2. What is the difference between a haunting and a poltergeist?

Poltergeist is related to a place, short duration. Haunting is longer and related to the person
Poltergeist is related to a person, long duration. Haunting is shorter and related to the place
Poltergeist is related to a person, short duration. Haunting is longer and related to the place
There is no difference, the terms are interchangeable

3. What should Carol Ann stay away from?

The dog
The light
The other people
The noise

4. What falls from the ceiling?

Dust and spiders
Jewlery and watches
Dead cats and dogs
Clothes and shoes

5. What passes through the mother?

Carol Ann
An evil spirit
A good ghost
A light

6. What happened to the scientist when he tried to enter the room?

He fell down
He got bit
He had his shirt ripped off
He got scratched

7. What does the scientist do to his face in the mirror?

Cuts off his hair
Puts on makeup
Rips the flesh off the bones
Scratches his eyes out

8. Where do they not want the tapes of the ghosts to be shown on?

Real People
60 Minutes or That's Incredible
CBS News or ABC News
The Gong Show

9. What does the psychic want Carol Ann to do?

Run away from the light
Touch the light
Run to the light
Close her eyes

10. What does the psychic throw to the light?

A tennis ball
A glass ball
A flashlight
A pocket watch

11. What does the psychic say once the mother and Carol Ann come back?

This house is evil
This house is clean
This house is doomed
I'll have what she's having

12. What's new about the mother's apperance after going through the closet?

She has a hump
She has more wrinkles
She's shorter
She has grey hair

13. What drags Robbie under the bed?

Carol Ann
The dog
The clown
A piece of rope

14. What surfaces in the swimming pool?

The family car
Skeletons and coffins
The clown
The family dog

15. Where was the house located? Name of housing community?

San Dimeas
New Grenada
Santa Carla
Cuesta Verde

16. What do they remove from the hotel room at the end of the movie?

The television set
The ice bucket
All the mirrors
All the lamps

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